PMS 2.0 485 - Cam Newton Cut.. Mac Jones Named Starter In New England, Travis Kelce, Michael Lombardi, Trent Dilfer, & AJ Hawk

The Pat McAfee Show

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4.9 • 18.9K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2021

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Summary

On today's show, Pat and the boys react to the news that Cam Newton has been released by the Patriots and Mac Jones will be the starting quarterback, and all the other cuts that have been made as NFL teams have to get their rosters down to 53 guys. Joining the program to chat about the Mac Jones/Cam Newton situation and why the decision was made to go with Mac Jones is 2x Super Bowl Champion, former GM of the Cleveland Browns, Special Assistant for the Coaching staff for the Patriots, The Daily Coach, and host of the Lombardi Line and GM Shuffle Podcast, friend of the program, Michael Lombardi (9:20-31:47). Next, Super Bowl Champion, 6x Pro Bowler, 5x All-Pro, member of the 2010's All-Decade, #5 on the 2021 NFL Top 100, and friend of the program, Travis Kelce joins Pat and AJ Hawk to chat about this upcoming season, having a bad taste in his mouth from last year's Super Bowl, why Patrick Mahomes is so special, his thoughts on the Top 100, and his time being a reality TV star (33:51-48:40). Later, Pat and AJ chat about the different cuts around the league, Mac Jones being the starter in New England, and all the things we need to be looking for as we approach the start of the NFL season (50:06-1:12:55). To close out the show, Pat and AJ are joined by Super Bowl Champion, 14 year NFL veteran at QB, and current Head Coach of Lipscomb Academy, Trent Dilfer. Pat, AJ, and Trent chat about the video of him going viral after his altercation with one of his players on the sideline (who he's known since the players birth), what he would've done differently, and his thoughts on everything going on in the NFL right now as cut down day is here (1:12:55-1:41:11). Make sure you subscribe to youtube.com/thepatmcafeeshow and listen every day on Mad Dog Radio, Sirius XM Channel 82. We appreciate you all for listening, come and laugh with us, cheers.

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0:00.0	Hello, it is Tuesday, August 31st, 2021 massive day. Hey, a lot of things happening around the NFL,
0:09.1	a lot of things happening in the world. We got great conversations with Michael Lombardi.
0:13.7	You know, he has direct ties to the Patriots and there was some rather large news that broke
0:18.1	this morning. Travis Kelsey joins us and Trent Dilford to talk about what happened him on Friday night
0:25.5	with his team Lipscomb Academy when they won viral for a situation that involved him coaching.
0:31.0	I think you're going to enjoy the hell out of it. And if you do, please be a friend,
0:33.8	tell a friend if not, just act like it never happened. All right, just act like this never,
0:37.7	ever happened if you didn't like this show. But if you did, don't be scared to tell somebody.
0:42.3	Let's get to it.
0:44.8	Today is a big day because there's a lot of things happening around the NFL. The NFL teams
0:48.6	have to make their 53 man roster by 4 p.m. today. What does that mean? We'll dive into all of that.
0:55.6	For us, what it means is this morning, there was already some fireworks, the toxic tables in studio,
1:01.0	downtown Indianapolis, while I am serving my eighth day in the COVID cave, getting a little cabin
1:07.7	fever, but it's a lot better than dealing with COVID. Like I did the first couple of days.
1:12.0	Cannot wait to be back in studio with you boys at Tyshmit. You look fantastic at Boston Conner. Your
1:18.9	mallet seems to flow a little bit better today. The excitement seems to be radiating from your soul.
1:25.4	There's a smile. It seems plastered on your face this morning. The
1:31.6	New England Patriots made it official.
1:35.5	We're releasing Cam Newton out into the wild to become a free agent. Once again, he got paid a
1:42.8	$2 million signing bonus. A $1.5 million salary. That money will get handled. However,
1:48.3	it does. Cam's going to make $1.5 to $2 million this year, whatever the case. But what this means is
1:54.7	Matt Joe. Matt Joe. Matt Joe. Is your starter in New England? And Boston Conner has been eagerly
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